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nevvies

nevvies is the plural of nevvy.

nevvies is the plural of nevvie.

Meaning of nevvy

Noun

nevvy (plural nevvies)

  1. (UK, colloquial, dialectal) A nephew.
    • What signifies your sisters’ bits o’ money when they’ve got half-a-dozen nevvies and nieces to divide it among?1860, George Eliot, chapter VI, in The Mill on the Floss, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons
  2. (UK, dialectal) A grandson.

Questions about nevvies

What is nevvies the plural of?
Nevvies is the plural of nevvy.

Words near nevvies in the dictionary

  1. nevus comedonicus
  2. nevus flammeus
  3. nevus flammeus nuchae
  4. nevus lipomatosus superficialis
  5. nevvie
  6. nevvies
  7. nevvy
  8. nevy
  9. nevyanskite
  10. Nevşehir
  11. new

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